Santa Claus Cutouts

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Butter
  • 1 package Cream cheese

• Desserts

  • 1 Candy coating, White red and blue disks

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• White, red and blue candy coating disks

Directions

• Directions In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1-2 hours or until firm. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-in. Santa cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 6-8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks to cool completely. Melt white candy coating; using a clean paintbrush, add a beard, mustache, eyebrows, hat brim and pom-pom to each Santa. Melt red coating; add hat, nose and mouth. Melt blue coating; add eyes. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container. Yield: about 3 dozen. Originally published as Santa Claus Cutouts in Country Woman December/January 2008, p29 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: thumbnails-i, container: taboola-native-stream-thumbnails, placement: Native Stream Thumbnails, target_type: mix });

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